Peter Craig Dutton is an Australian politician who is the current leader of the Opposition,holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022. He previously served as the minister for Defence from 2021 to 2022 and the minister for Home Affairs from 2017 to 2021. He has been a member of Parliament (MP) for the Queensland seat of Dickson since 2001 and has held ministerial portfolios in the federal governments of Howard,Abbott,Turnbull and Morrison.
Concetta Anna Fierravanti-Wells is an Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 2005 to 2022,representing the Liberal Party. She served as Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Turnbull government from 2016 to 2018. She grew up in Port Kembla,New South Wales,and,prior to entering politics,worked as a lawyer and policy adviser.
Michael John Clyde Ronaldson is a former Australian politician. He was a Senator for the state of Victoria representing the Liberal Party from July 2005 until February 2016,and previously served in the House of Representatives for Ballarat from 1990 to 2001. Ronaldson served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs,the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC,and the Special Minister of State in the Abbott government from 2013 to 2015.
Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja is an Australian politician who was a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 2013 to 2022,representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Morrison government from December 2020 to May 2022,and previously served as an assistant minister in the Morrison and Turnbull governments since 2016.
Sarah Moya Henderson is an Australian politician,lawyer and former journalist. She has been a Senator for Victoria since September 2019,representing the Liberal Party. She previously held the Division of Corangamite in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
Daniel Thomas Tehan is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2010 election,representing the Victorian seat of Wannon. He held ministerial office in the Coalition governments under Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison,serving as Minister for Defence Materiel (2016),Defence Personnel (2016–2017),Veterans' Affairs (2016–2017),Social Services (2017–2018),Education (2018–2020),and Trade,Tourism and Investment. He was a public servant and political adviser before entering parliament.
Alan Tudge is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives between 2010 and 2023. He was a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022.
Michael Sven Sukkar is an Australian politician has served as the Shadow Minister for Housing,NDIS,and Social Services since 2022. Previously he had served as Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing and as the Minister for Homelessness,Social and Community Housing. Sukkar has been a member of the House of Representatives since September 2013,representing the Division of Deakin in Victoria for the Liberal Party.
James Anthony McGrath is an Australian politician and Senator for Queensland since 2014. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Following his re-election in 2022,McGrath was appointed as Shadow Assistant Minister for Finance and Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition.
Richard James Wilson is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has represented the Western Australian seat of O'Connor in the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election. He was a farmer before entering politics.
Timothy Robert Wilson is an Australian former politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Australia who served as the Federal Member for Goldstein in the Australian House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022. Wilson served as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Economics from 2018 to 2021 and as the Assistant Minister to the Minister for Industry,Energy and Emissions Reduction from 2021 to 2022. In the 2022 Australian federal election,Wilson lost his seat to independent candidate Zoe Daniel.
Andrew William Hastie is an Australian politician,and a former military officer,serving as the Shadow Minister for Defence since 2022. Representing the people of Canning,a semi-urban region on the south coast of Western Australia,he is a senior member of the Liberal Party. He has served in federal government as the Assistant Minister for Defence,from 2020 to 2022. Hastie was Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security from 2017 to 2020,rejoining the committee in 2022. Prior to politics,he was a troop commander in the Special Air Service Regiment.
Trevor Mark Evans is a former Australian politician who had been a member of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022,representing the Division of Brisbane. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland,and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Evans served as the Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management in the Morrison government from May 2019 until May 2022.
Edwina Jane Hume is an Australian politician who has been a senator for Victoria since 2016,representing the Liberal Party. She served as the Minister for Superannuation,Financial Services and the Digital Economy in the Morrison government from December 2020;and in March 2021 she took on the additional role of Minister for Women's Economic Security. She held both portfolios until May 2022,following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. Prior to her election to parliament she held senior positions in the banking,finance and superannuation sectors.
Kimberley Jane Elizabeth Kitching was an Australian politician,lawyer,and trade unionist. A member of the Labor Party,she was a Senator for Victoria from October 2016 until her death.
James Massola is an Australian journalist and author,currently the National Affairs Editor for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
David Van is an Australian politician. He was elected as a member of the Liberal Party and was sworn in as a federal senator representing the state of Victoria on 1 July 2019.
The National Right,also known as the Conservatives,or the Hard Right,is one of three factions within the federal Liberal Party of Australia. Reportedly concerned more with social issues,the faction is the most organised and reactionary of the three,with the loudest voices of dissent within the party coming from the faction. During the Prime Ministership of Malcolm Turnbull,the faction rose in size and influence,and between 2019–2022 it underwent a change of its leadership and most prominent members,including Tony Abbott,Eric Abetz and Kevin Andrews,and included former Liberal Party Senators Cory Bernardi and Mathias Cormann. The faction also has a significant young membership,with members Michael Sukkar,Andrew Hastie,James Paterson and former Senator Amanda Stoker all being Millennials. Furthermore,former New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet is from this faction.
Aaron Violi is an Australian politician who was elected as the Liberal Party member for the Division of Casey in Victoria in May 2022,succeeding Tony Smith.
The shadow ministry of Peter Dutton is the current shadow cabinet of Australia since 5 June 2022,serving in opposition to the Albanese government. The shadow ministry is the Opposition's alternative to the Albanese ministry,which was sworn in on 1 June 2022.
